AS SURE AS APRIL

After the last episode, the world changed. This episode addresses the change, through the podcast theme song, THINK ON THESE THINGS. Though the passage/lyric can be found in the King James Bible, it "stands outside religion and politics." There is something universal in its importance and its appeal. 23 min.This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In this continuing exercise in autobiography, David Teems offers tribute to his brother, but in an inclusive way. If you love somebody, tell them you love them . . . now. Leave no accounts unsettled or words unspoken. Includes the usual literary saints—John Keats, Thomas Wolfe, William Tyndale—and a few musical surprises.This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

To the ambience and sound of his Thanksgiving table, David Teems improvises on his private world—family, friends, characters in his books—his "wonderful" world. Continued exercise in autobiography. Reading from John Keats, from his 2010 book, AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE (Oreo and the Christmas Cheeseball), and his new novel (Summer 2020).This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

David Teems explains the title of his podcast. A lost child named April. The tragic life of a young English poet. John Keats TO AUTUMN and Thomas Wolfe's OLD OCTOBER, an excerpt from Wolfe's 1935 OF TIME AND THE RIVER. Episode closes with entries from GODSPEED: VOICES OF THE REFORMATION (Abingdon Press, 2017). Support AS SURE AS APRIL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/as-sure-as-aprilThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.